1 Thessalonians 3:4

For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know. ¹ 

In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.

For indeed when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it came to pass, as you know.

Even while we were with you, we warned you that troubles would soon come––and they did, as you well know.

When we were with you, we made it quite clear that there was trouble ahead. And now that it's happened, you know what it's like.

And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.

In fact, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were to suffer persecution; so it turned out, as you know.

For, in fact, we told you before when we were with you that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know.

For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know. ¹ 

¹ tn Grk “just as it also occurred and you know.”